Russian Church urges to give up anonymity in Internet

Moscow, April 5, Interfax - Visitors of Internet forums should stop being anonymous, head of the Synodal Department for Church and Society Relations Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin believes.

"Isn't it time to give up anonymity in Internet? People usually don't accept anonymity in "reality". If during our talk I suddenly put on a mask, start using a nickname and conceal my real name, you'll have all the grounds not to trust me," the priest said at his meeting with representatives of American-Israeli Public Relations Committee on Tuesday.

According to him, society came to establish these rules "through trials and errors and formed a certain structure, certain norms of behavior."

"Shouldn't we set up the same rules of behavior in "virtual space", at least, when we consider who is a worthy person and who is not? I don't have ready answers on the question, but it is rather a serious matter," Father Vsevolod stressed.

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